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Gail

American  
[gayl] / geɪl /

noun

  1. a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”


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“The other companies were afraid of us,” Gail told the Denver Post in 1997.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Gail Main was excited—she had never flown in a seaplane before.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Steinem had a “gift for empathy,” New York Times columnist Gail Collins wrote when the feminist icon turned 80 in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

‘The Drop: A Snowfall Saga’ centers ‘Snowfall’s’ Gail Bean and her attempt to make it in the music industry during the 1990s with the help of her cousin, played by Asante Blackk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

When she announced that it was about a mouse, Gail giggled.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

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